diff --git a/cmd/image-builder/build.go b/cmd/image-builder/build.go
index 5b9926b..c3cf145 100644
--- a/cmd/image-builder/build.go
+++ b/cmd/image-builder/build.go
@@ -5,14 +5,15 @@ import (
 	"github.com/osbuild/images/pkg/osbuild"
 )
 
-func buildImage(res *imagefilter.Result, osbuildManifest []byte, osbuildStoreDir string) error {
-	// XXX: support output dir via commandline
-	// XXX2: support output filename via commandline (c.f.
+func buildImage(res *imagefilter.Result, osbuildManifest []byte, osbuildStoreDir, outputDir string) error {
+	// XXX: support output filename via commandline (c.f.
 	//   https://github.com/osbuild/images/pull/1039)
-	jobOutputDir := outputDirFor(res)
+	if outputDir == "" {
+		outputDir = outputDirFor(res)
+	}
 
 	// XXX: support stremaing via images/pkg/osbuild/monitor.go
-	_, err := osbuild.RunOSBuild(osbuildManifest, osbuildStoreDir, jobOutputDir, res.ImgType.Exports(), nil, nil, false, osStderr)
+	_, err := osbuild.RunOSBuild(osbuildManifest, osbuildStoreDir, outputDir, res.ImgType.Exports(), nil, nil, false, osStderr)
 	return err
 
 }
diff --git a/cmd/image-builder/main.go b/cmd/image-builder/main.go
index 15bb6c7..1c5f8aa 100644
--- a/cmd/image-builder/main.go
+++ b/cmd/image-builder/main.go
@@ -89,6 +89,10 @@ func cmdManifestWrapper(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string, w io.Writer, archChec
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	outputDir, err := cmd.Flags().GetString("output-dir")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 	ostreeImgOpts, err := ostreeImageOptions(cmd)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -130,6 +134,7 @@ func cmdManifestWrapper(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string, w io.Writer, archChec
 	}
 
 	opts := &manifestOptions{
+		OutputDir:      outputDir,
 		BlueprintPath:  blueprintPath,
 		Ostree:         ostreeImgOpts,
 		RpmDownloader:  rpmDownloader,
@@ -149,6 +154,10 @@ func cmdBuild(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	outputDir, err := cmd.Flags().GetString("output-dir")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 
 	var mf bytes.Buffer
 	// XXX: check env here, i.e. if user is root and osbuild is installed
@@ -162,7 +171,7 @@ func cmdBuild(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	return buildImage(res, mf.Bytes(), storeDir)
+	return buildImage(res, mf.Bytes(), storeDir, outputDir)
 }
 
 func run() error {
@@ -181,6 +190,7 @@ operating sytsems like centos and RHEL with easy customizations support.`,
 		SilenceErrors: true,
 	}
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().String("datadir", "", `Override the default data direcotry for e.g. custom repositories/*.json data`)
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().String("output-dir", "", `Put output into the specified direcotry`)
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringArray("extra-artifacts", nil, `Export extra artifacts to the output dir (e.g. "sbom")`)
 	rootCmd.SetOut(osStdout)
 	rootCmd.SetErr(osStderr)
diff --git a/cmd/image-builder/main_test.go b/cmd/image-builder/main_test.go
index 8b16e1b..5023574 100644
--- a/cmd/image-builder/main_test.go
+++ b/cmd/image-builder/main_test.go
@@ -359,6 +359,41 @@ func TestBuildIntegrationHappy(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Contains(t, string(manifest), `"image":{"name":"registry.gitlab.com/redhat/services/products/image-builder/ci/osbuild-composer/fedora-minimal"`)
 }
 
+func TestBuildIntegrationSwitchOutputDir(t *testing.T) {
+	if testing.Short() {
+		t.Skip("manifest generation takes a while")
+	}
+	if !hasDepsolveDnf() {
+		t.Skip("no osbuild-depsolve-dnf binary found")
+	}
+
+	restore := main.MockNewRepoRegistry(testrepos.New)
+	defer restore()
+
+	tmpdir := t.TempDir()
+	restore = main.MockOsArgs([]string{
+		"build",
+		"qcow2",
+		"--distro", "centos-9",
+		"--store", tmpdir,
+		"--output-dir", "some-output-dir",
+	})
+	defer restore()
+
+	script := `cat - > "$0".stdin`
+	fakeOsbuildCmd := testutil.MockCommand(t, "osbuild", script)
+	defer fakeOsbuildCmd.Restore()
+
+	err := main.Run()
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// ensure output dir override works
+	osbuildCall := fakeOsbuildCmd.Calls()[0]
+	outputDirPos := slices.Index(osbuildCall, "--output-directory")
+	assert.True(t, outputDirPos > -1)
+	assert.Equal(t, "some-output-dir", osbuildCall[outputDirPos+1])
+}
+
 func TestBuildIntegrationErrors(t *testing.T) {
 	if testing.Short() {
 		t.Skip("manifest generation takes a while")
@@ -399,3 +434,40 @@ exit 1
 	// osbuild-exec.go)
 	assert.Equal(t, "error on stderr\n", fakeStderr.String())
 }
+
+func TestManifestIntegrationExtraArtifactsSBOMWithOutputDir(t *testing.T) {
+	if testing.Short() {
+		t.Skip("manifest generation takes a while")
+	}
+	if !hasDepsolveDnf() {
+		t.Skip("no osbuild-depsolve-dnf binary found")
+	}
+	outputDir := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "output-dir")
+
+	restore := main.MockNewRepoRegistry(testrepos.New)
+	defer restore()
+
+	restore = main.MockOsArgs([]string{
+		"manifest",
+		"qcow2",
+		"--arch=x86_64",
+		"--distro=centos-9",
+		fmt.Sprintf("--blueprint=%s", makeTestBlueprint(t, testBlueprint)),
+		"--extra-artifacts=sbom",
+		"--output-dir", outputDir,
+	})
+	defer restore()
+
+	var fakeStdout bytes.Buffer
+	restore = main.MockOsStdout(&fakeStdout)
+	defer restore()
+
+	err := main.Run()
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	sboms, err := filepath.Glob(filepath.Join(outputDir, "*.spdx.json"))
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, len(sboms), 2)
+	assert.Equal(t, filepath.Join(outputDir, "centos-9-qcow2-x86_64.buildroot-build.spdx.json"), sboms[0])
+	assert.Equal(t, filepath.Join(outputDir, "centos-9-qcow2-x86_64.image-os.spdx.json"), sboms[1])
+}
diff --git a/cmd/image-builder/manifest.go b/cmd/image-builder/manifest.go
index 51001d5..414fdd3 100644
--- a/cmd/image-builder/manifest.go
+++ b/cmd/image-builder/manifest.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 type manifestOptions struct {
+	OutputDir      string
 	BlueprintPath  string
 	Ostree         *ostree.ImageOptions
 	RpmDownloader  osbuild.RpmDownloader
@@ -46,7 +47,10 @@ func generateManifest(dataDir string, img *imagefilter.Result, output io.Writer,
 		RpmDownloader: opts.RpmDownloader,
 	}
 	if slices.Contains(opts.ExtraArtifacts, "sbom") {
-		outputDir := outputDirFor(img)
+		outputDir := opts.OutputDir
+		if outputDir == "" {
+			outputDir = outputDirFor(img)
+		}
 		if err := os.MkdirAll(outputDir, 0755); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}